June 14, 2012

Sweetwater Animal Control currently has five puppies available for adoption.
Available for adoption is a female mixed breed dog and five sibling Chinese Crested puppies â€” all female â€” that were abandoned at the shelter. According to Sweetwaterâ€™s animal control officer, Don Kite, animals that are picked up are kept for a minimum of three days, but he tries to keep them from a week to 10 days.
Dogs and cats are available for adoption for a $15 fee and the cost of getting the pet vaccinated for rabies.
The pets are required to have their vaccination before they leave to their new homes.

June 14, 2012

Area residents are once again invited to join in the festivities "On The Bricks" in historic downtown Roscoe to celebrate our great nation.
There will be a parade starting at 10 a.m. followed by food, crafts and kid's activities in Old Town Park and a Mud Bog at George Parks Field (Gates open at 11 a.m.). More information on the Plowboy Mudbog can be found on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/plowboy.mudbog.5?sk=wall).

June 14, 2012

Several area fourth through sixth grade students tried out some fun experiments led by the staff at the County-City Library on Wednesday, June 13, 2012.
Mayra Garcia and Erica Caballero â€” "mad scientists" â€” led the students in the experiments. Garcia is shown helping the students in the magic writing experiment in which the students wrote with lemon juice on paper. They could not see the writing until iodine was put on the paper and made the "ink" show through.

June 14, 2012

The Sweetwater Junior League (ages 13-14) Astros competed in a District 5 tournament last week and finished as runnerups after losing 8-6 to Snyder in Mondayâ€™s title game.
The team was treated to a hamburger supper by the Sweetwater Veterans of Foreign Wars No. 2479 after their game Monday. Members of the team posed for a picture prior to the game with Lionel Mendez (standing far right) of VFW 2479.